Legal Opinion

Coty v. Ramsey Associates, Inc.

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided April 6, 1990No. 88-346PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDooley, J.

This is the second appeal generated in the course of protracted litigation concerning the establishment of a deliberately offensive pig farm in Stowe. The relevant facts are detailed in Coty v. Ramsey Associates, Inc., 149 Vt. 451, 546 A.2d 196 (1988), in which we affirmed the trial court’s ruling that the pig farm was a nuisance and upheld the court’s award of compensatory damages. Nevertheless, we reversed in part because the $380,000 punitive damages award was assessed with respect to Raymond Ramsey as well as the other defendants. We concluded that the evidence did not support an award of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. CrenshawSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Woodhouse v. Woodhouse Et Ux.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1925
  3. Coty v. Ramsey Associates, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1988
  4. Perkins v. Vermont Hydro-Electric Corp.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1934
  5. D'Arc Turcotte v. Estate of LaRoseSupreme Court of Vermont · 1989

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3Cited by30 opinions

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